Author: jbmurphy
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My script/procedure to move Hyper-V VMs to Azure
We have been moving resources from ESXi to Hyper-V to Azure. ESXi to Hyper-V is done via the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC). Here is the Checklist/Script/Procedure I have been using to get Hyper-V to Azure. Once machine is in Hyper-V, make sure the VMs HDs are VHD and not VHDX Make sure DHCP is…
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Using Let’s Encrypt, cerbot-auto with Apache on CentOS 6
There are plenty of better documented examples out there, so this is more of a note to self. The name on the cert will be the first domain you list int he command above. All the other names will be part of the SAN cert. And to renew, cron this up: /opt/YourDir/certbot-auto renew
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Using ADFS for authenticating apache hosted sites
I have been learning ADFS/SAML on the fly. If you come across this, and you see that I am doing it all wrong, then let me know! I wanted to use my existing ADFS infrastructure to authenticate an apache resource on CentOS 6. Below is what I figured out (There are alot of steps). First,…
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Problems with Citrix Receiver over VPN: ARGetNetworkLocationForStore returned NETWORK_LOCATION_NONE
I was working on my home lab, specifically setting up a Citrix XenDesktop environment. Since I didn’t have a Netscaler in place (yet), I connected to my home network via a Cisco AnyConnect VPN via a Mac. While tunneling through the VPN connection, I could connect to the storefront and resources via HTML5, but I…
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Connecting to the Salesforce REST api using PowerShell
As I said in my previous post, we are starting to use Salesforce, and I like REST APIs, so I wanted to see how to connect to Salesforce with cuRL and PowerShell. cURL was pretty easy, PowerShell was not so much. The biggest issue was that when I queried the standard “https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token” url, I would…
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Connecting to the Salesforce REST api using cURL
My company decided to use Salesforce. I have worked with Microsoft CRM, but not Salesforce yet. When learning about a new application, I like to see how I can access the data. PowerShell and cURL are the simplest way for me to understand how to connect to a REST api. First step is getting an…
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Hidden or UnDocumented Network Security Group (NSG) default rule in Azure (DNS)
I have been working to get a Citrix Netscaler up and running in Azure. It has not been easy, as all the documentation is for ASM. Our network configuration has IPSec tunnels going from OnPrem to Azure, and I have created two SubNets in Azure – a DMZ and a LAN. The DMZ has the…
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PowerShell to delete blobs in Azure
I was trying to delete a VHD in Azure via PowerShell, and I couldn’t find a good solution. Here is how you delete a blob in Azure Hope that helps someone.
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Commands to manually remove VMWare Fusion from my mac
This is documented somewhere, but I can never find the cut and paste commands. I am putting them here:
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My Azure ASM to ARM script
This is the “script” I used to move our older classic environment VMs to the new Azure Resource Manager. It it is not a function – I wanted to step through the process and make sure all was well at the different points in the script. The script assumes that there is only one Data…